NO AGREEMENT ON NEXT PRESIDENT

The coalition would elect the next President without the votes of the opposition.

The coalition parties refuse to discuss the person of the next President with the opposition, this is the essence of the statement made by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and Gábor Kuncze, chairman of the Free Democrats. President Ferenc Mádl said in an interview he had undertaken the office after a serious meditation and only for one term. Premier Gyurcsány said he had no candidate for the presidency but according to Magyar Nemzet he wants to nominate Kinga Göncz for the post. President Mádl probably will return to teaching, his mandate ends next summer and the parliament will decide about his successor.

Translated by Péter Szentmihályi Szabó